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• Adobe's PDF becomes ISO standard

  Adobe Systems' popular portable document format (PDF) has become the latest International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard.

• Lawyer warns that PDFs fail on accessibility

  PDF documents on Web sites and intranets need to be accompanied by accessible HTML or text versions if they are to comply with disability legislation, a leading technology lawyer has claimed.

• Adobe: Staving off the HTML tsunami

  Adobe Systems' CEO Bruce Chizen is betting it all on PDF, the technology that allows people to view and print online information. But can the gamble stave off challenges from Microsoft?

• Microsoft patches holes in IE, Outlook

  The software giant urges customers to apply updates for both applications to fix critical vulnerabilities that could let attackers run programs on a victim's PC.

• Adobe e-doc format under siege

  Adobe Systems' portable document format, long a de facto Internet standard, is under fire from competitors looking to muscle in on the electronic document market.

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• Microsoft patches holes in IE, Outlook

  The software giant urges customers to apply updates for both applications to fix critical vulnerabilities that could let attackers run programs on a victim's PC.

• Opening up the Office

  Microsoft says beta testing for Office 12 begins in November. Also, the company gets 120,000 requests a month from people who want to save their Office documents in PDF format, making it one of the most requested features.

• When standards don't apply

  A growing roster of de facto standards is testing the need for bureaucratic agencies and design-by-committee technologies.

Reviews (6)

• Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended (Beta)

  Adobe's latest incarnation of Acrobat is top of the line, highly featured software. Just make sure you need all the bells and whistles before you pay the AU$999 price tag.

• Microsoft patches holes in IE, Outlook

  The software giant urges customers to apply updates for both applications to fix critical vulnerabilities that could let attackers run programs on a victim's PC.

• Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

  For composing long PDF packages at an office that requires security and wants to use the new digital forms, Acrobat 8's got the goods, but it's overkill if you only seek to make short PDF files.

• Nitro PDF professional 4.91

  The vast majority of people with a need to create PDF files will be served more than adequately by this product, and the price gives it a handy head start over Adobe Acrobat.

• Nitro PDF Desktop

  To create cross-platform documents for the Web, Nitro PDF is a back-to-basics alternative to Adobe Acrobat.

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